Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei, Starting as a Seeker of the Law

Chapter 11 The magical power of the law of cause and effect?

"Um, I'd say I remember?"

Lu Mingfei hunched back, unable to bear Chu Zihang's gaze. The iceberg in the boy's eyes had melted, and his burning eyes seemed to want to melt him alive.

What does it mean to still remember? He didn't quite understand.

Lu Mingfei's memory isn't very good, but junior high school was only a few years ago, and he remembers those years quite clearly. Now that he's a seeker of the Dharma, the more he cultivates, the clearer his memory becomes.

Not only did he picture that stubble-faced man, but he could even recall the smell of smoke he caught when he passed by him.

"How about we be normal for now? I'm not really interested in holding a man's hand."

Seeing that Chu Zihang seemed to have recovered, Lu Mingfei released his hand from the table and slid back in his chair.

"Feel sorry."

Chu Zihang realized what was happening, rubbed his stiff wrists, leaned back in his chair, and spoke again after a moment.

"I didn't expect that anyone other than me would remember him."

"No? I think Uncle is quite handsome, but he doesn't look very groomed." Lu Mingfei recalled the middle-aged man with slightly messy hair. "I remember he used to always come to pick you up, didn't he?"

"........." Chu Zihang's eyes narrowed, and he took a deep breath in front of Lu Mingfei, his tone somewhat strange, "Yes, he often waits for me, even on rainy days he will come to pick me up."

"Yeah, I was quite envious back then." Seeing that Chu Zihang seemed fine, Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief. "I remember one day it was raining really hard, and he was still waiting for you, unlike me who had no one to pick me up and had to rush home by myself. He's clearly a good father!"

Lu Mingfei reminisced while praising.

After all, even if Lu Mingfei were blind, he could tell that the car was obviously several levels better than the cars of the other parents around him. For such a wealthy family to have such affection for each other, he was indeed a good father.

After all, the wealthy families in TV dramas are always cold and unkind to each other, and the same is true for the game he plays. The messy affairs of the big family have interfered with countless save files of his.

"He was indeed a good father."

Chu Zihang was clearly moved by the scene, "Of course I saw you before, but you ignored me."

"Is that true?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head. Chu Zihang had called him back then, how could such a thing happen? He quickly began to search his memory. Like brushing aside layers of fallen leaves, a fragment, almost distorted by the sound of a downpour, finally struggled to reveal its outline in the depths of his consciousness.

That was around that time!

He remembered! On that stormy night, he hadn't even brought an umbrella; all he could think about was rushing back. Now, looking back, he did hear a sound when he rushed out of the teaching building.

"It was around that time? Senior brother remembers it quite clearly." Lu Mingfei was surprised, not expecting that Chu Zihang was the only one who could remember what happened back then.

That was several years ago.

"I can't forget that night..."

Chu Zihang lowered his head. He would never forget that rainy night, nor would he forget that the professional driver who only ate extra spicy braised intestines by the roadside would pull out a knife from the door of the Maybach and rush towards that mythical figure amidst the lightning.

That happened five years ago, a time he longed to return to day and night—to return to that stormy night, to that Maybach, and to get out and be with him, even if it meant death...

But the truth is that only he came out of that space; Chu Zihang was the only one who emerged from it.

"I can't find him."

Chu Zihang discovered this fact after leaving that space, not only about the man himself, but also about the traces of his life, and even other people's memories of him.

Only Chu Zihang, only he, remembered what that man had done.

There was no name, no identity; it was just a driver who had disappeared. He even went to the company where he worked to inquire, but the reply he received was—there had never been such a person.

They only had one driver from beginning to end, but Chu Zihang had never seen that face before.

It was as if none of it existed; the man was not even on the company's employee list.

But how could that be?

That man was so conspicuous, squatting against a Maybach at the school gate. How could no one remember him...? But the truth is—no one remembers him, not even that he ever left the school in a car.

He checked surveillance footage, phone records, and even police census records, but found nothing. It was all blank. Even if he did find something, it would be a stranger replacing the man.

The man disappeared, along with all traces, even his mother was forgotten.

Everything was blank.

Even after he arrived at the Kassel College that the man had mentioned at his last moments, he left no trace whatsoever.

A normal person might suspect that something is wrong with them, that their memory has been altered, but Chu Zihang wouldn't. He couldn't possibly have misremembered anything. He would never forget, and absolutely could not forget, everything that happened that rainy night.

It was all done by that 'god'!

If that figure, so similar to Odin, is truly a god, and if, as recorded, the so-called Dragon King truly possesses the power to destroy the world, then this is possible, even if it involves altering the memories of the entire world.

And he himself, Chu Zihang, that man's biological son, is the only person in this world who remembers him.

But now—he's no longer the only one.

If Lu Mingfei in front of him still remembers, then he is not alone.

It's not him, it's the world that's wrong.

Chu Zihang remained silent for longer than ever before. His usually ramrod straight back bent slightly as he began to plead... even beg in front of Lu Mingfei.

"Could you... describe it in more detail?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

How could such a grown man just disappear like that?

He didn't know all the twists and turns, but looking at Chu Zihang's appearance, those eyes that seemed to have seen a lifeline, he felt an indescribable bitterness creep into his heart.

If such a day ever comes, and if it really concerns the safety of his own parents, perhaps Lu Mingfei would also plead with others in the same way?

The unpleasantness caused by that hand just now seemed so insignificant.

"He's gone missing?" Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, his throat a little dry. He tried hard to recall the past. "But I only saw him in junior high school. He was either eating spicy intestines at the gate or smoking..."

"He disappeared that rainy night," Chu Zihang said, his voice as cold as iron. "That rainy night, we drove onto Elevated Highway No. 0."

"Number 0?" Lu Mingfei had lived here for more than ten years, but he had only heard of the No. 1 and No. 2 overpasses. Where did Number 0 come from?

Chu Zihang ignored Lu Mingfei's question, seemingly lost in the memory of that rainy night.

"Right on that overpass, the torrential rain almost completely blocked the view, and the windshield wipers were useless... and then... they appeared."

The word "Deadpool..." he uttered carried a chilling undertone. "They're like cockroaches... endless, engulfing the entire viaduct..."

"And...He, that 'man' who calls himself Odin."

"Odin? Isn't that a mythological figure?" Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised and couldn't understand why such a name from a mythological story would appear.

"Almost all myths are the history of the dragon race..." Chu Zihang explained.

"So, Odin is very likely a dragon?"

Chu Zihang nodded and continued, "I saw Deadpool and Odin surround him, and he stepped forward to buy me time to escape..."

He abruptly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, all he could see was a self-loathing that Lu Mingfei couldn't comprehend: "After I ran away like a coward, I realized... no one but me could remember him."

"Nobody remembers what it means?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.

He could understand if someone died or went missing, but what does it mean if no one remembers?

"Except for me, all traces of him have vanished." Chu Zihang's voice was deathly still. "His work, his relationships—everything has been replaced. It's like that everywhere..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned. The traces disappeared? Replaced? This sounded so familiar... like he'd heard something similar before...

What was it called again?

"The magical power of the law of cause and effect!?"